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John L. Crain, interim president and former provost and vice presisdent for academic affairs at Southeastern Louisiana University, has been named president there on a permanent basis.

Stephen J. Friedman, acting president of Pace University, in New York, has been appointed to the job on a permanent basis.

J. Derek Halvorson, as the College’s 2nd president, effective July 1. Halvorson, currently serving as regional director of development at Covenant College, in Georgia, has been named president of Providence Christian College, in California.

John LaNear, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Ellis University, in Illinois, has been chosen as president and chief operating officer at Grantham University, in Missouri.

Janet Morgan Riggs, provost and interim president at Gettysburg College, in Pennsylvania, has been selected as president there.